Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

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legislative body unicameral state legislature

The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral law-making body of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, responsible for enacting state legislation and overseeing the state government.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body → unicameral state legislature →
abbreviation	TNLA →
associatedWith	Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu → Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu →
budgetaryControlOver	Government of Tamil Nadu →
budgetPassedIs	Tamil Nadu state budget →
canBeDissolvedBy	Governor of Tamil Nadu →
compositionDeterminedBy	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Orders →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of India →
country	India →
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post →
elects	Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly → Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly →
governingDocument	Constitution of India →
hasAuthorityOver	Tamil Nadu state government policies →
hasComponent	Governor of Tamil Nadu → Members of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu →
hasPower	to introduce money bills at the state level → to pass no-confidence motions against the Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu →
historicalName	Madras Legislative Assembly →
houseType	lower house equivalent at state level →
isPartOf	Government of Tamil Nadu → State Legislature of Tamil Nadu →
jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu →
legislativeType	unicameral →
levelOfGovernment	state →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Chennai →
locatedInTimeZone	Indian Standard Time →
meetingPlace	Fort St. George, Chennai →
membersCalled	Members of the Legislative Assembly →
nativeName	தமிழ்நாடு சட்டமன்றம் →
numberOfHouses	1 →
officialLanguage	Tamil →
oversightOf	Government of Tamil Nadu →
predecessor	Madras Legislative Council →
primaryFunction	controlling the executive through questions and motions → enacting state legislation → overseeing the state government → passing the state budget →
responsibleFor	making laws on Concurrent List subjects within constitutional limits → making laws on State List subjects →
seatOfGovernment	Chennai →
state	Tamil Nadu →
supervises	state executive branch of Tamil Nadu →
termLength	5 years →
timeZoneOffset	+05:30 →
typeOfLegislature	subnational legislature →
votingSystem	single-member constituencies →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Madras Legislative Council ("Madras Legislative Assembly") → Madras Legislative Council ("Madras State Legislative Assembly") →	followedBy
Chennai → Government of Tamil Nadu →	legislativeBody
Government of Tamil Nadu ("Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections") →	hasElections
Tamil Nadu →	hasLegislature
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly ("Madras Legislative Assembly") →	historicalName
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly ("State Legislature of Tamil Nadu") →	isPartOf
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly ("தமிழ்நாடு சட்டமன்றம்") →	nativeName